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单词 contexture
释义 con·tex·ture
\kənˈtekschə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French, from Latin contextus + French -ure
1. : the act or process of weaving or of assembling and putting together parts into a connected structure
2. : the arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing
 < myriads of flies … rose up momentarily; then, keeping their contexture like a veil, fell into place again — Hugh McCrae >
: structural character of a thing
 < a critic with no perception of the contexture of the narrative >
: physical constitution : texture
3. : a body or structure made by the interweaving or putting together of parts
 < this sweet shady arbor … a contexture of woodbines, sweetbriar, jessamine, and myrtle — Izaak Walton >
: fabric
 < a contexture of lies >
4. : context
 < setting him clearly in the contexture of his time as none of the biographies has done it — New Republic >
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